Header Graphic Thanks:
Search tbbs
Fedora 13: Rock It!
===========================================Benjamin Franklin
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.Henry David Thoreau
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Tag Archives: DC
Only in the District of Columbia …
Could one see a headline like this: 4 teens stabbed in northeast Washington after peace festival At least they weren’t shot; guns are banned in the District. Looks like the ban is working. -k-
Dude, Where’s my Robe?
In the all’s well that’s finally over department, DC Administrative Judge Roy Pearson, who gained brief notoriety and a gold star in my nitwit class, has lost his job as an administrative law judge. His appointment expired on May 2, … Continue reading
All Hands on Deck
That’s the code name of a weekend initiative in the District of Columbia to put every police officer on the streets, in 8-hour shifts, through the weekend. This is in response to a raft of shootings earlier in the week. … Continue reading
Tagged DC
Leave a comment
Beware of SysAdmins in Pajamas
I slept in a bit yesterday morning, after being up late on Friday to help facilitate application patching on some work machines. On awakening, I make a trip to the coffee maker for a mug of hot caffeinated jumpstart. In … Continue reading
A-List Lapdogs
Paula Zahn is jumping ship being released from her excreble prime-time CNN gig, to land again at Fox News, where I’m sure she will continue to distinguish herself in “broadcast journalism”. Campbell Brown, currently at NBC will take over Paula’s … Continue reading
Racin’ is Business
NASCAR, apparently not content to merely own the racing business, wants to dominate it. Team sponsors are hard to come by. At $15 million and up for a season, small wonder. Now, NASCAR sees fit to sue AT&T for $100 … Continue reading
Tagged DC, NASCAR, news, Racing
2 Comments
Change of Venue
NASCAR Nextel Cup coverage is moving to TNT for the next few weeks; something called the NASCAR/TNT Summer Series. This also marks Kyle Petty’s debut in the broadcast booth, as he begins planning and sampling options for his post behind-the … Continue reading
Tagged DC, NASCAR
Leave a comment
Soap Opera in Real Life
And the story of sad sack Andrew Speaker continues to unfold. The poor mope has known about his tuberculosis since the first of the year, but he’s engaged to be married, and heads off to Greece 1 on his honeymoon … Continue reading
The tbbs Blimp
Some bloggers post cat pictures. Some bloggers post video clips. Some bloggers podcast. Some bloggers post recipes. Here at tbbs-land, we have our own blimp, pictured to the right. I’d just arrived home from work the other night, when I … Continue reading
Jericho’s Walls Have Fallen
CBS has cancelled Jericho for the upcoming season. I neither know nor care about the business side of the decision, but SWMBO and I liked the show. I’ll be up front, and admit that its setting in Kansas reeled us … Continue reading

![Validate my Atom 1.0 feed [Valid Atom 1.0]](http://www.quietvoice.org/wp-images/valid-atom.png)